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Abducted billionair­e’s family offers reward

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Congolese migrants fleeing north-east Angola say security forces there are conducting a brutal campaign against them.

Tens of thousands have fled back into the Democratic Republic of Congo to escape the attacks.

Many are small-scale diamond miners and Angola recently announced plans to disrupt illegal mining activity.

Witnesses the Reuters have news given agency harrowing events.

They said Angolan troops stormed Lucapa town and killed dozens of people.

Homes are said to been burnt down property looted.

Angola has denied allegation­s of human rights abuses.

The Angolan authoritie­s are reforming the diamond industry with the aim of raising more revenue for the state. accounts of the have and The family of Tanzanian billionair­e Mohammed Dewji, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has offered a 1bn Tanzania shilling ($440,000; £330,000) reward for informatio­n that leads to his rescue.

Mr Dewji, reportedly Africa’s youngest billionair­e, was taken by masked gunmen in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.

The police have arrested more than 20 people in connection with the abduction

But both the kidnapping and are still unclear. motive for the his whereabout­s

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